Yeah... from what I've gathered through my rural Iowa friends, they aren't taking social distancing nearly as seriously as they should be. Those rural county hospitals are NOT equipped to handle this.
Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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Yeah... from what I've gathered through my rural Iowa friends, they aren't taking social distancing nearly as seriously as they should be. Those rural county hospitals are NOT equipped to handle this.
Because a shelter in place by its nature is to restrictive and frankly doesn’t allow for people to go for walks.
Part of it is a terminology issue but what I think we should do is a targeted order mandating WFH when possible. Enforcing that may be hard but that’s what is needed. It can get those places like your job to stop forcing people to come into the office while not enforcing restrictive policies.
My question is when do we know when to peel back restrictions if there's data that shows a flattened curve. Doesn't that curve need to stay flat or stay low for quite a while? It can't just be 'well, we had less reported cases 3 days in a row, get back to work!'.
I wish it were that simple.
For those of you needing TP, be sure to check out the different dollar stores. They sell out quickly like everywhere else, but sometimes you can get lucky. Also, when driving past places (assuming you're out) look for trucks doing drop-offs. Perfect time to get in.
I would 100% be all for that. And you're right. I'm probably being a little bit more aggressive due to my current situation. I just don't want to be the one to catch this thing and bring it home to my wife or someone who could end up being hospitalized.
It all comes back to widespread testing availability. If you have testing then you have results to respond to. Be it loosening or tightening restrictions. This is a little over simplified but you can isolate/quarantine confirmed individuals and those with negative results can go back to "business as usual". So to speak.
Exactly. We really only have two scenarios where we can go back to true "normal life" - a vaccine or that the virus doesn't spread in warm weather like the normal flu. Other than that, we'll be dealing with this in some form or fashion.
And for the people screaming for a shelter in place here. Why? We have controlled the spread of this as best we can and especially compared to other places. Now if we get more data to show its spreading quicker like in NY, then yes let's go to shelter in place. But why now?
I also think it’s important to push back on restrictions to make sure they aren’t to restrictive to people.
I’ve already said I probably get the best outcome by being as restrictive as we can. What is best for me however isn’t always best for society as a whole. We need people pushing on both ends to get the optimal outcome but that’s because we come to some middle ground.
When do we reach a point where it's safe letting negatively tested people head back out though?
I'd think people that show they've developed antibodies would be the better bet for that.
I get what you're saying but while there's no proof that it's currently spreading that quickly, there's no proof that it isn't.
Especially if once you've been exposed you have immunity, which they don't have a real grip on yet right now. Herd immunity is considered to take place at around 60% exposure. We are nowhere near that yet.
And we don't know if we've curbed the spread of this considering we don't test for people unless they perfectly fit the criteria.
Look at the numbers, There is proof. Don't give the time of day to morons who politicize a pandemic.
Honestly, I have no idea what that point is. But, if we are able to test, quarantine, trace, and isolate we might be able to start "controlling" or minimizing the spread more easily and some restrictions may be able to be loosened for some. Right now we just don't know and I guess that's my main point. We're being overly cautious because we just don't know and social distancing and isolating the general population is the only way to minimize the spread.
Allegedly, Fort Dodge has their first case as of this morning. We'll see how credible the info is with Iowa's daily data release this afternoon.
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